Optimization of doppler echocardiographic velocity measurements using an automatic contour detection method

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1513-1524

  Gaillard, Emmanuel ^a   Kadem, Lyes ^b   Clavel, Marie Annick ^c   Pibarot, Philippe ^c   Durand, Louis Gilles ^a  

^a CLIN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^b Civil and Environmental Engineering   (Canada)

^c LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Active contour model; Divergence centers; Doppler echocardiographic velocity measurements; Intra and interobserver variability; Snake

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE CONTOUR MODEL; DIVERGENCE CENTERS; DOPPLER; INTEROBSERVER VARIABILITY; SNAKE;

DISEASES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VELOCIMETERS; VELOCITY; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

MEASUREMENTS;

AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MEASUREMENT; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS RHYTHM; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

AUTOMATION; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77956049150     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2010.05.021     Document Type: Article

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